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Reel Genius: Is the new RoboCop an affront to the original?

Robert Wilonsky was but a wee high school kid – OK, a really big high school kid – when the first RoboCop came to shoot in his native Dallas back in the ’80s. As such, he has some hot sports opinions about the liberties taken by the new remake. I like the original better too, but I also appreciate the new model’s efforts to stake out different ground and see the futility of trying to mimic a pulp American original. In short, I expected unmitigated disaster, and left pleasantly unperturbed. Watch us hash it all out on this week’s Reel Genius. Thank you for your cooperation.

The scene at RoboCop's Hollywood premiere Monday.

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